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The United States Mail via the Modern Airliner

Date: 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading bags marked "U.S. Mail" from a truck into a Lawson Airliner No. 2. Alfred Lawson in his flight gear is standing on a ...
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Acceptance of Airline Service Proposal Telegram

Date: 09 20 1920
Description: Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma...
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Letter of Proposal Acceptance from Otto Praeger

Date: 09 13 1920
Description: Letter to Alfred Lawson from Otto Praeger, the second assistant Postmaster General, accepting Lawson's proposals for carrying air mail along three routes: ...
Map or Atlas

Proposed Lawson Airline System of the U.S.A.

Date: 06 26 1919
Description: Map outlining Alfred Lawson's plan for airmail delivery routes across the United States, including several stops in Wisconsin. The accompanying text reads:...
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E. L. Jones Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 29 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay, from Ernest La Rue Jones, president of the Aeronautics Manufacturers' Association. Text reads: Lawson familiar ae...
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Alfred J. Moisant Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 30 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay from Alfred J. Moisant, president of the Moisant Aeroplane Company and Moisant International Aviators. Text reads:...
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Charles S. Heitman Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 30 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay from Charles S. Heitman, endorsing Alfred Lawson. Text reads: "Have been in Washington causing delay replying cons...

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